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Council of Europe: Italy signs the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

On behalf of Italy, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Elisa Fornero, has signed on Thursday 27th of September 2012 the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and ...

The European Master’s Programme (E.MA): Closing Ceremony of the academic year 2011/2012 and the opening ceremony of the new academic year. Venice, September 23rd 2012

On Sunday, September 23rd 2012, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, will take place the closing ceremony of the fifteenth edition of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and ...

Presentations of the Yearbook

The Justice Commission of the Italian Senate approves the Bill for the introduction of the crime of torture in the Italian criminal code

On September 12th 2012, the "Justice" Commission of the Italian Senate has approved the Bill on the introduction of the crime of torture within the Italian criminal code. The law ...

Declaration of the Anna Lindh Foundation on the release of ‘’Innocence of the Muslims’’ and the violence in the Region

The Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua, member of the Anna Lindh Euromediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures since 2009, makes known the following declaration, released by ...

Model of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament (University of Padua, 4 June 2012)

Model of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament on the topic granting the status of refugees or of person in need of international protection to stateless people or third-country nationals, ...

Thirty years ago Pope John Paul II visited the University of Padua

(Antonio Papisca) September the 12, is the 30th anniversary of the visit of John Paul II in the Padua University. This event deserves to be remembered due to its intrinsic uniqueness and to the ...

The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Italian Senate approves the Bill for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against torture

On August 7th 2012, the Bill on the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ...

The Human Rights Centre meets with participants of the project “Un ponte per i diritti umani”, September 11th 2012

On Tuesday, September 11th, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua, hosted four delegations, coming from five different European countries (Crest – France, Dobra – Poland, ...

University of Vienna, Training course on “Empower human rights!”, Vienna, 10-12 September 2012

The Doctoral College “Empowerment through Human Rights” of the University of Vienna, in the mainstream of the AHRI/COST conference (AHRI-Association of Human Rights Institutes; COST - ...

The Italian House of Representatives continues the examination of the Bill on the establishment the National Human Rights Commission

The first permanent Commission (constitutional affairs, Presidency of the Council of Ministers and home affairs) of the Italian House of Representatives, on the session of August 1st 2012, ...

Intercultural Dialogue and Multi-Level Governance in Europe

Léonce Bekemans (2012)

The European Yearbook of Human Rights 2012 has been launched

The 2012 issue of the European Yearbook of Human Rights (EYHR) has been launched. The Yearbook is jointly edited by the representatives of four major European human rights research, teaching and ...

Prof. Marco Mascia is the new President of the University Association for European Studies (AUSE)

Professor Marco Mascia, Director of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua, has been elected by acclamation President of the University Association for European Studies (AUSE), at the ...

Association Rondine: International Symposium "A sea between two sides, a bridge between two worlds", Rondine, 5-6 July 2012

Association "Rondine Cittadella della Pace" has organised, the 5th and 6th of July 2012, the International Symposium titled "A sea between two sides, a bridge between two worlds", on the occasion of ...